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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1931
Page
2
Local residents travel for funerals visits and family events. The community bids farewell as Frank Murphy moves to Columbus to become undersheriff, and a birthday gathering for Bernard Deeney features friends and families from Reed Point and nearby towns.
Jack Dempsey arrived in New York tonight still undecided about fighting again but eager to promote matches for other boxers. He said he would need a special proposition and noted his refereeing work, earning about 83 000 per appearance, would complicate a Miami promotion.
Classified note offers a two room modern house for rent with leather connected items. It invites visitors to be shown around and entertained late, noting the speaker prefers to sleep early. Dempsey comments on fighters who should meet not fighting each other.
Major Richard M. Cannon, son of Bishop James Cannon, was bound over to the superior court for trial on three charges of issuing worthless checks after a preliminary hearing before Justice F.G. Wilson in El Monte California. One check charge was dismissed. the actions stem from a $100 check given to George H. Myers for plastering work.
The article details three checks totaling 900 pounds linked to Cannon and the military school. Miss Rose Burwell received a 40 pound check not honored by the bank, and a 24 pound check was given to Calvert. Eugene Case testified Cannon knew funds were short but overdrawn elsewhere led to more checks.
Los Angeles on December 28 Mrs duanus Burns a Los Angeles aviatrix says she set a new women s altitude record after a three hour flight Her altimeters stopped at 26 0 000 feet and she believes her final climb exceeded 28 000 feet Officials note Ruth Alexander set 21 498 feet and Elinor Smith 27 418 feet but those were not officially recognized A sealed barograph will be sent to Washington for calibration and official recording of the flight.
Symons of Butte famed merchant George Symons dies at 76 in Los Angeles after illness. Funeral in Salt Lake City Thursday at 11. Symons leaves widow Jennie and children Francis Merwin Eleanor. He built cigars business with J E Oppenheimer and was known as Baltimore George.
At The Churches January 4 Rev. A A Bolbeck Pastor announces New Years day service at 11 am in Norwegian. Sunday school and Bible class at 16. Melville service at 1. Y P League at 7 pm. Kia Timber church holds its annual business meeting January 6 Tuesday at 7 30 pm all members requested to attend new members will be accepted at that meeting.
St Marks Episcopal lists Rev Frank Durant as pastor with Sunday school at 4 p m and evening service at 7 38 p m. Wednesday night preaching and Y P B K meeting at 6 39 each Sunday. Radio sermon by W D Sheler from Nazarene church. St Joseph Catholic services with multiple Sundays and sacraments. Reed Point and other parishes noted with times and penance.
Sabbath school set for 2 p m across Seventh Day Adventists. Evangelical Church lists Sunday school 10 a m and morning service with communion at 7 18 p m, evening sermon at 8 p m led by Rev J H Oehlerking. Quarterly conference January 3 at 8 00 p m, prayer meeting January 8. Glasston Church holds 2 p m Sunday school and 3 p m preaching and communion with 8 p m prayer service.
A 1996 Big Timber column notes holiday editions from the Miner and a flattering Big Timber National Bank report. It discusses local finance, a pork packing venture in Lewistown, upcoming political races, W H Harvey’s Patriots of America free silver group, its officers, and a new Daughters of the Republic branch to aid the Patriots in voting.
A new steel bridge across the Boulder at Melend is noted amid a long list of local happenings. John Storm of Progress became a U S citizen in the city Saturday. Senator Robert Brownlee and Representative W N Nye left for Helena for the legislative session. William Stewart drives from Rosebud county where he and his brother run about 20 000 sheep. Assays on ore from the old Standard mine near Contact averaged 48 dollars per ton from fourteen samples. Alva Lamb leaves the state senate pages for Helena to work in the current session. F M Lamp leaves clerk of the court position and opens a legal practice in the Libel building. Modern Woodmen held their New Year masquerade with prize winners named. Mr and Mrs A J Brown drove from Cox creek. Parcel post begins nationwide January 1 with Miss Alice Helen Patterson shipping the first parcel from Big Timber. Judge E K Gheadle of Lewistown held court at Livingston. The Glass Lindsay project home of Albert Sheridan burned early Friday. Elmer Sanderson buys Jean P Decker’s bungalow. Decker to Billings. A Bailey notes county clerk updates from Tenas to visit his mother, who died of apoplexy on arrival. Elmer Sanderson and John P Campbell were honored philanthropists for distributing food and clothing to needy locals before Santa Claus. No one was overlooked.
Charles K Harris longtime Tin Pan Alley publisher and writer of After the Ball died in New York at 65 after a three week illness. Surviving are his widow Gera Leheberg of Owensboro Kentucky and two daughters. Harris, born in Poughkeepsie and raised in Milwaukee and Chicago, rose as a composer who could not read music yet created memorable tunes on a piano. He earned fame with After the Ball after a Chicago ball incident and became a wealthy songwriter, later involved with Mayor James J Walker. He married Cora Leheberg in 1883.
Democratic representatives plan to gain control of the next House while Republicans brace for a defensive fight. A February caucus in Washington will align new members after November gains, with Speaker Longworth aiming to hold the GOP leadership through a possible 1942 session.
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